People v. Zacher

Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him, upon a jury verdict, of two counts of murder in the first degree (Penal Law § 125.27 [1] [a] [viii]; [b]) and one count of assault in the first degree (§ 120.10 [1]), arising from an incident in which he stabbed his wife and two daughters. Defendant contends that Supreme Court erred in refusing to suppress certain statements that he made in response to questioning by a police officer while he was in custody and after he had been given Miranda warnings because that officer continued questioning defendant after he invoked his right…